All lectures are held at 8 p.m. at the De
Young Museum in Golden Gate Park unless otherwise
noted
All lectures are free to members and $15 to
non-members
2008 LECTURE and
MINI-EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
January
8 Samuel
McIntire: Carving an American Style
Dean Lahikainen, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem,
MA
*American eagles and icons
February
12 Connecticut
Furniture: Quirky Delights From the Land of Steady
Habits
Susan Schoelwer, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford,
CT
*Colonial
or colonial revival objects
March
18** American
Money
Michael Weller, San Francisco,
CA
*Coins, medals, and medallions
April
8
"Sophistication in Central Massachusetts: The Inlaid
Furniture of
Nathan Lombard"
Clark Pearce, Essex, MA
*Inlaid objects
May
13
"Timothy Phlueger: San Francisco's Art Deco Renaissance
Man"
Michael F. Crowe and Therese Poletti, San Francisco,
CA
*Deco designs
June
10
"Was Gustav Stickley a Modernist? New Views in Early
Experimental Masterworks"
Joseph Cunningham, ADA 1900 Foundation Collection, New York,
NY
*Arts + Crafts textiles, ceramics, and metalwork
July
8
“From Rooftops to the Stratosphere: ‘Appreciating’ American
Weathervanes”
David Schorsch, Woodbury, CT
*Figural folk art
August
12
"When Surface is Everything: Judging the
Paint"
Peter
Deen, Nottingham, PA
*Vintage painted objects
September
9 "Out of this World: Shaker Design Past, Present,
and Future"
Jean M. Burks, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne,
VT
October
14
"Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany
Girls"
Dr. Martin Eidelberg, New York
*Art nouveau
November 11
"From Empress Eugenie to the Prince of Chintz: A Short History of
Furnishing
With Antiques"
Jared Goss, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
NY
*Textiles and wallpaper
December
9 "Pets in
America: Their History Through Portraits and
Possessions"
Katherine C. Grier, Winterthur and University of Delaware,
Wilmington, DE
*Pet imagery
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